Vegetable-cooler



W. WAGNER, H. A. LOHR AND'A. E. BOERNGEN.

VEGETABLE, coma.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2119]]. 1,818,034, Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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VEGETABLE COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, I917.

Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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WILLIAM WAGNER, HARVEY A. LOHR,

ANlD ALBERT E. BOERNGEN, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

VEGETABLE-COOLER.

Specification of Lettersiatent.

Application filed March 2, 1917. Serial No. 152,161.

lb all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM WAGNER, HARVEY A. LOHR, and ALBERT E.Bonnnonn,

citizens of the United States, residing at- Massillon, in the county ofStark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vegetable-Coolers, of which the followin is aspecification.

Our invention re ates primarily to the art of cooling, has specialreference to cooling and preservin farm or garden products such asvegeta les and keeping them fresh while being transported from thegrower or producer to the consumer, has for its object a cheapsubstitute for refrigerators and like devices used in the transportationof perishable products, and which may be readily converted into avehicle for ordinary use.

The invention consists in certain features which will be hereinafterfully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyin drawings, which form part of this speci cation Figure1 is a vertical longitudinal sec: tion partly in side elevation ofdevices em- 'bodying our invention.

Fig. 2' is a vertical transverse section partly in elevation, on line 22Fig. 1.-

Fig. '3 is atop plan view of a conventional motor and a pump withsuitable con nections, and on an enlarged scale, and

Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the sprinkler detached and on areduced scale.

Reference bein had to the drawings and the designating c aractersthereon, the numeral 1 indicates a vehicle, which may be an automobileas-shown, or any other suitable form of vehicle, for the purpose. Theautomobile is used for the urpose of showing the adaptability of ourinvention thereto.

2 indicates the bod of the vehicle, in which is placed a supp y tank 3,whose bottom converges toward the center thereof and is provided with anoutlet or discharge opening 4, to which is attached a nip 1e 5 extendingthrough the bottom of the ody of the vehicle. 6 indicates a removableperforated platform which may be made of any preferred material, such asiron or wood, to allow water to peroolate through it and return to thesupply tank 3, and is readily removable from the supply tank to aifordaccess thereto for filling the same with pieces of ice and with water,and for keeping it in a sanitary condition.

7 indicates a pump driven by a suitable Patented Oct. a, ie e.

motor 8. The pump receives water from the supply tank 3 through a pipe 9provided with suitable detachable connections, and discharges the Waterthrough pipe 10 connecting at its upper end with a pipe or manifold 11which is provided with a series of horizontal perforated dischargebranches 12, constituting a sprinkler. -Each branch is provided with avalve or stop cook 13 for regulating the water dischar ed upon thevegetables or other perisha' le material; and in the pipe 10 is a valve14: for turning on or shutting off the Water supplied to thedistributing branches 12.

The supply tank 3 may be supported on metal legs 15 secured thereto,which in turn may be detachably secured to the bottom of the body of thevehicle or to the chassis 18, of anautomobileor truck'by bolts 16; andthe tank 3 may be provided with vertical flanges 17 to form sides andends to prevent water wastmg over.

It is obvious that the flanges may be made part of the tray instead" ofpart of the supply tank. 7 1

Water fromthe supply tank 3 is kept in circulation through the pump andthe sprinkler while the vehicleis in motion, and

may be used when the vehicle is not in motion, bythrowing thetransmission gear out of connection.

The platform and the tank and all of the piping being detachablysecured, may be easily and readily removed from the vehic1e, and thepump disconnected from the motor, so that the vehicle can be used forother purposes when desired.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A portable drip-cooled green-grocers cabinet comprising incombinationa supply tank for a cooling medium having a ottom convergingdownwardly fromv its sides and ends, an overhead sprinkler, a pipe-lineconnecting said tank and sprinkler, a pump located in said pipe-line forcirculating the cooling medium therethrough, and a removable perforatedplatform supported above the bottom of'said supply tank.

2. A portable drip-cooled green-grocers cabinet comprising incombination a supply Bill tank for a cooling medium provided withupstanding flanges and a downwardly conver ing bottom, overheadsprinkling pipes, a plpe line connecting said tank and sprinkling pipes,a pump located in said pipe line for circulating the cooling mediumtherethrough, and a removable perforated platform supported betWeentheflanges of said supply tank at a point above its converging bottom.

3. In a closed motor vehicle the combination with a supply tank for acooling medium having a bottom converging centrally from all edges, anoverhead sprinkler, a pipe-line posed with relationto the bottom of said20 su ply tank.

n testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM WAGNER. HARVEY A. LOHR. ALBERT E. BOERNGEN.

Witnesses:

JOHNJO. LOWE, HENRY SUHR. t

